Réenchanter la Villa Médicis

As part of the third chapter of the Re-enchanting Villa Medici project, the French Academy in Rome has issued a second call for projects for the refurbishment of the guest rooms at Villa Medici in March 2023.

The two winning projects were announced by Sam Stourdzé at the Edit Napoli fair on October 6, 2023:

  • IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA by Giorgia Zanellato and Daniele Bortotto (Studio Zanellato/Bortotto) with Patrizia Mian (Incalmi).
  • PARS PRO TOTO by Eliane Le Roux, Miza Mucciarelli (Atelier Misto), Terre di Sciara (represented by Giannella Sanna), and Pietro Spoto.

Those projects will be set up between 2024 and 2025 in the guest rooms of the historic Villa Medici edifice.

Milan diaries

A visual diary of our projects, exhibitions and new collaborations introduced at Fuorisalone 2023 in Milan last April.

MDW 2023

Zanellato/Bortotto – Milan Design Week 2023

Discover our new projects in Milan from April 18th to 23rd.

Tracing Venice, book presentation

During the last Milan Design Week, De Castelli presented the book Tracing Venice. The outcome of a research we carried out around the mosaics of the Basilica of San Marco, masterfully interpreted by De Castelli in a series of metal mosaics. A story narrated among others by the Venetian writer Tiziano Scarpa and the executive director of the Michelangelo Foundation Alberto Cavalli, and accompanied by unpublished drawings from the historical archive of the Procuratoria of the Basilica di San Marco. Exhibition open until the end of July in the De Castelli showroom in Milan.

MDW2022

We look forward to introduce you our new collaborations at Milan Design Week 2022, featuring among others new projects for Galleria Luisa delle Piane, Botteganove, Pierre Frey and De Castelli. See you in Milan!

Homo Faber 2022

©Lia Pozzo
Tracing Venice exhibition at Homo Faber 2022 ©Alessandra Chemollo
Tracing Venice exhibition at Homo Faber 2022 ©Alessandra Chemollo

We will be part of the guest curators team of Homo Faber 2022. Together with De Castelli, we will present a new project called Tracing Venice, dedicated to the mosaic floors of the San Marco Basilic. Homo Faber will be held at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, on the island of San Giorgio in Venice, from 10 April to 1 May 2022.

ADI Design Index 2021

Marble Patterns for Delsavio 1910 was selected by the ADI Design Index 2021 under the “Ricerca per l’Impresa” category. The publication, promoted annually by ADI- Italian association for industrial
design, gathers the best products and projects in different categories and represents the first stage of the Compasso d’Oro Award, the oldest and most prestigious design award in the world.

New projects for De Castelli at Milan Design Week 2021

Our latest projects for De Castelli were shown during the Milan Design Week 2021 in the Milanese company showroom. A new setting designed by architect Cino Zucchi, featuring among others the new Baia table and Marea chest of drawers.

Milan Design Week 2021

Discover our new projects and collaborations during the Milan Design Week 2021